Vanraj Bhatia

Personal information

Known for: Sound
Known credits: 50
Gender: Male
Born: May 31, 1927
Died: May 7, 2021
Place of birth: Bombay, British India, India

Biography

Vanraj Bhatia was an Indian composer best known for his work in Indian New Wave cinema. He was also one of the leading composers of Western classical music in India. Bhatia was a recipient of the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the television film Tamas (1988), the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Creative and Experimental Music (1989) and India's fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri (2012). He died in Mumbai on 7 May 2021.